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Capitol Gold: The Best of Minnie Riperton
(1993)
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Minnie Riperton
Until 1999's Free Soul (Capitol) and 2001's exhaustive but more excellent overall Petals (The Right Stuff) came along, Capitol Gold offered the best summation of this true original's horribly undervalued solo career. As with Free Soul, Capitol Gold leaves a significant gap by excluding the best moments from Minnie Riperton's debut (Come to My ...
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Stay in Love/Minnie
(2004)
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Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton's second through fifth solo albums were reissued by the U.K. label Stateside in 2004. Rather than release them individually, Stateside paired 1974's Perfect Angel with 1975's Adventures in Paradise and 1977's Stay in Love with 1979's Minnie. Although it's good to have these albums available again, it's unfortunate that they've been ...
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Les Fleurs: The Minnie Riperton Anthology
(2001)
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Minnie Riperton
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Come to My Garden [Varese]
(2002)
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Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton's solo debut is in many respects her finest hour -- devoid of the overly syrupy production that hampers her later work, Come to My Garden instead couches her miraculous voice in the elegant arrangements of the great Charles Stepney, striking a perfect balance between romantic melodrama and sensual nuance. Call Stepney's singular ...
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Aladdin/Dinner Music
(1999)
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Rotary Connection
Less than a year after Ace subsidiary BGP paired Songs and Hey Love onto one disc, Raven released a two-fer that made Aladdin and Dinner Music available on one disc. Not only do the original albums deserve to be released separately, but both the Raven and BGP two-fers ruin the strange sleeve artwork that adorned the original LPs. Aladdin/Dinner ...
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Come to My Garden [Aim]
(2005)
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Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton's solo debut is in many respects her finest hour -- devoid of the overly syrupy production that hampers her later work, Come to My Garden instead couches her miraculous voice in the elegant arrangements of the great Charles Stepney, striking a perfect balance between romantic melodrama and sensual nuance. Call Stepney's singular ...
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Back to Back Hits
(1999)
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Natalie Cole/Minnie Riperton
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Love Lives Forever
(1980)
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Minnie Riperton
This posthumously released album features an outstanding cast of veterans who pay tribute to the remarkable vocalist Minnie Riperton. While Riperton's vocals were recorded during the year of 1978, all the other vocals were recorded in the spring of 1980. The hit from this album was "Here We Go," featuring Peabo Bryson's far-reaching tenor. The ...
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Babies Makin' Babies
(2002)
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?uestlove
Social historians curious about the origins of the echo boom need look no further than the smooth soul being pumped out during the late '70s. For several years, soul veterans ranging from Barry White to Curtis Mayfield to Earth, Wind & Fire recorded dozens of soft and sultry love anthems even while disco and, later, Muzaky quiet storm stole some ...
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Only Love 1975-1979
(1995)
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Various Artists
Only Love 1975-1979 follows the pattern of JCI's Only Love series, offering a seemingly random collection of 20 hits from a given genre or style for a period of five years. These songs weren't necessarily the biggest hits of these five years, although there are a number of classics and smashes here. It may be hard to deduce exactly why these songs ...
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Have a Merry Chess Christmas
(1989)
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Various Artists
A fine cross-section of R&B and blues, Have a Merry Chess Christmas includes three tracks from the out of print, 1968 Chess gospel Christmas album, A Christmas Dedication. Have a Merry Chess Christmas also includes the Meditation Singers doing a plaintive "Blue Christmas" (not the Elvis Presley classic), '60s soul from the O'Jays and Rotary ...
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Perfect Angel
(1974)
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Minnie Riperton
The best Minnie Riperton album, and still the closest she came to stardom. Stevie Wonder chipped in on drums, keyboards, and other instruments, and also wrote several tracks. "Reasons" was her finest uptempo tune, while the title track was a wonderful change-of-pace number. She also got her biggest hit, "Lovin' You," which became a signature tune. ...
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Come to My Garden
(1970)
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Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton's solo debut is in many respects her finest hour -- devoid of the overly syrupy production that hampers her later work, Come to My Garden instead couches her miraculous voice in the elegant arrangements of the great Charles Stepney, striking a perfect balance between romantic melodrama and sensual nuance. Call Stepney's singular ...
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Adventures in Paradise
(1975)
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Minnie Riperton
Adventures in Paradise, the follow-up to Perfect Angel -- an album featuring Minnie Riperton's biggest hit, much assistance from Stevie Wonder and several of his associates, as well as an iconic outer sleeve -- tends to be viewed as a flop, at least by those who disregard Minnie as a novelty one-hit wonder. If the album is a flop on principle ...
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Songs/Hey Love
(1998)
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Rotary Connection
The BGP subsidiary of Ace paired two of Rotary Connection's albums onto one disc in 1998. The following year, Raven would combine Aladdin and Dinner Music on one disc. Not only do the original albums deserve to be released separately, but both the BGP and Raven reissue two-fers ruin the strange sleeve artwork that adorned the original LPs. Songs ...
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Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 15
(1991)
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Various Artists
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind, Vol. 15 was the final volume in the initial run of the series (the inferior volumes 16 through 20 appeared several years later and concentrated on the latter half of the '70s, which wasn't nearly as rich with great material as the first). It's not a bad way for the series to end by any means, yet it ...
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Peace
(1968)
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Rotary Connection
The Rotary Connection's Peace is a terrific, soulful Christmas album. With its production and soulful vocal arrangements, it has all the hallmarks of a late-'60s pop-soul record. While that may date it slightly, it's nevertheless a blast to listen to the album, thanks to the great performances, particularly on the part of Minnie Riperton. Rodney ...
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Body Talk: Expressions
(1998)
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Various Artists
Time-Life Music's Body Talk: Expressions features 12 soft rock radio staples, including "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb, "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" by Peabo Bryson with Roberta Flack, "When I'm with You" by Sheriff, "I'm Still in Love with You" by Al Green, "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton ...
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For My Valentine [Empire]
(1998)
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Various Artists
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R&B: From Doo Wop to Hip Hop
(1999)
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Various Artists
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, ...
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R&B Relix: 1974-1975
(1998)
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Various Artists
Eclipse Music's Whole Lotta Soul 1974-75 collects mid-'70s R&B hits like Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe," Al Green's "Livin' for You," Nancy Wilson's "You're Right as Rain," Curtis Mayfield's "So in Love," and Love Unlimited's "I Belong to You." Tracks by the Spinners, Dionne Warwick, Minnie Ripperton, and Major Harris round out ...
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Love Songs [Time Life]
(1999)
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Various Artists
Time Life's Love Songs does a fine job of collecting a solid batch of 36 love songs from a variety of sources: '70s soft rock, new wave, quiet storm, arena rock, smooth soul. Not a single chancer in the bunch, every last song is carved into the brain of anyone who spent any time at all listening to the radio in the '70s and '80s. From smooth ...
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Perfect Angel/Adventures in Paradise
(2004)
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Minnie Riperton
The U.K. label Stateside should be commended for putting Minnie Riperton's second through fifth solo albums back into circulation. Despite a number of representative compilations, Riperton's full-length studio recordings should not be forgotten. This 2004 release pairs 1974's Perfect Angel with the following year's Adventures in Paradise -- two ...
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Minnie
(1979)
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Minnie Riperton
This album was released in the year in which the supreme songstress passed (1979). However, she bestowed upon the listener her gift of voice with a collection of fine songs. The first release was the nostalgic number "Memory Lane." With its senusous-flowing rhythm, melodious string and horn arrangement, Minnie Riperton strides into the lyric with ...
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The Woman in Me
(1995)
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Various Artists
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